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                    "description": "(adj.adj.adj.Subst.) : Ptŏlĕmaeus, i, m., = Πτολεμαῖος.\n* Ptolemy, the name of the kings of Egypt after Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 8, 22; Just. 13, 4, 10; Sil. 11, 383.—Hence, in plur.: Ptolemaeorum manes,Luc. 8, 696.— Hence\n* Ptŏlĕmaeēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ptolemy, Ptolemoean, Egyptian: Pharus,Prop. 2, 1, 30.\n* An astrologer of the time of the emperor Otho, Tac. H. 1, 22.\n* A king of Mauritania, Tac. A. 4, 23; 24.\n* Subst.\n* Cleopatra, daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, Luc. 10, 69.\n* The name of several cities; in Egypt, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9; in Phoenicia, formerly Accho, now St. Jean d'Acre, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 75; Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 22.—Also called Ptŏlĕmāĭda, ae, f., Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 15; id. Act. 21, 7.—Their inhabitants are called Ptŏlĕmenses, ĭum, m., Dig. 50, 15, 1; Vulg. 1 Macc. 12, 48; id. 2 Macc. 13, 25."
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